Join us for a fun and exciting journey as we explore the amazing world of the English language through phonetics. In this episode, we dive into the rich, interesting, and sometimes puzzling parts of the language all around us.

This episode includes:

Name that sound!:

A Froggy Guessing Game, Exploring Frog Sounds from around the World, and Fascinating Frog Facts and Figures.

Ring - /rɪŋ/

King - /kɪŋ/

Bring - /brɪŋ/

Spring - /sprɪŋ/

Swing - /swɪŋ/

Strong - /strɔŋ/

Long - /lɔŋ/

Song - /sɔŋ/

Ping - /pɪŋ/

Wing - /wɪŋ/

Word of the Week: 

Serendipity  /ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/ 

Mellifluous  /məˈlɪflʊəs/

Interesting Idioms:

Bite the bullet

Bite off more than one can chew

Word Goblins: Longest Word

Pneumono-ultra-microscopic-silico-volcano-coniosis

/ˌnjuːməˌnəʊˌʌltrəˌmaɪkrəˌskɒpɪkˌsɪlɪˌkəʊvɒlˌkeɪnəʊkəˈnaɪəsɪs/

Antidisestablishmentarianism

/ˌæn.tiˌdɪs.ɪˌstæb.lɪʃ.mənˈtɛə.ri.əˌnɪ.zəm/

Tongue Twister:

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